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The window is open. The question Tuesday night was whether it is open for you.
The room
On Tuesday night, in the middle of San Francisco Tech Week, a full room of CFOs, founders, investors and bankers rode up to
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Takeaways from the Jefferies monthly software valuation update
Rob Bartlett of Jefferies joined the panel I moderated last month on whether companies should buy, sell, or wait. This week I read his team’s monthly software valuation update, with data through
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In September 2026, FDA took another significant step toward integrating new approach methodologies, or NAMs, into drug development by issuing a Direct Final Rule on Nonclinical Testing Terminology (the “September 2026 direct final rule”).[1] Read together with FDA’s March
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Introduction
The acquisition of AI companies has become one of the most consequential deal categories in technology. Global investment in generative AI surged to $25.2 billion in 2023, and the global AI market is projected to reach $407 billion by
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On September 30, 2026, the Texas Comptroller signed an executive order directing his office to amend the sales tax data processing services regulation, 34 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.330. The proposed amendment would remove marketplace and platform fees from the
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The United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued two Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) opinion letters that are worth a look for employers addressing tip pool or lunch break questions.
Meal Periods Shortened by Travel
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In a recent decision providing important guidance for health care employers navigating religious accommodation requests related to vaccination policies, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of a hospital employer that terminated a pharmacist who refused
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Associated gas, healthy storage and an LNG buildout are pulling gas prices away from oil, and contracts written for one price environment are being tested in another.
WTI crude has recently traded around $90 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas
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